PULP FICTION
Volume 1 | September 2024
The Editor's Cut
Welcome, dear colleagues and curious minds, to the very first edition of Pulp Fiction – The Academy’s attempt to educate and take you on a brief journey through the wonderful world of endodontic innovation.
We’d like you to consider this quarterly journal your trusty companion on the quest for endodontic clinical enlightenment (and maybe a few CPD points along the way).
Whether you’re here to watch some endodontic video cases or to catch up with a few journal topics and educational updates, welcome.
We hope you enjoy this new format. Let us know what you think and whether you’d like to contribute to further editions by emailing either Richard or David on: [email protected] or [email protected]
Journal Dossier
As part of this quarterly exploration into the endodontic realm, we’ll be personally analysing some of the latest research papers in the field and inviting some of our fellowship students and associate dentists to do the same.
The use of 0.5% vs 3% NaOCl for irrigation during root canal treatment
Efect of pomegranate solution against oral multispecies bioflm
Multi-dimensional healing assessment after endodontic microsurgery
Pulp Fiction or Pulp Capping?
with Fellowship Student Dr Ian Bell
“This information highlights the requirement for the endodontist to undertake this procedure as part of their clinical responsibility, in a timely manner.”
Thank you to fellowship student Dr Ian Bell for contributing to this quarter’s edition of Pulp Fiction.
If you feel called to share your thoughts on a particularly interesting area or article of endodontic research, then please get in touch for potential inclusion in our December edition!
Case Studies
We’re thrilled to share some short case summaries from David. These presentations cover the use of static endodontic guidance and laser-assisted irrigation into our practice protocols.
THE SUPERLATIVE MICRO-ENGINEERING OF TEETH
Why Would you Ever Want an Implant?
In a slightly less formal fashion, Richard explores the genius engineering of teeth in this short video blog.
Marvels of microengineering, teeth are designed not only for chewing but also to protect your jaw and muscles.
If you don’t have time to watch the video, a short text summary is also available.
Practice Management
If we are going to successfully bring our skills to our deserving patients, we are going to need to understand the business of dentistry. Helping us to do that is Derek Turner from Collaborate Dental. In the frst of hopefullly a series of articles addressing practice management Derek dives into dental practice KPIs – what they are, why they’re important, and how to start using them.
Derek has a wealth of experience managing dental practices and large organisations, and we hope you fnd value in his words.
The CPD Quiz
You’ve laughed, you’ve learned (hopefully). Now, it’s time to prove it.
Take our CPD quiz and score 80% or more to earn an hour of verified CPD time. The best part? You get a certificate to prove you didn’t just skim this edition for the jokes.
